Unable to pay medical bills, woman throws baby in well

Poverty and ignorance about medical facilities allegedly led a 22-year-old woman to throw her infant girl in a well in the outskirts of Mansarovar locality. Since the act of woman resulted in the death of the infant, the police has arrested the woman and were awaiting the post mortem report to decide if it was a murder.Ashish Mehta | TNN | August 20, 2015, 16:06 IST

A woman on her way to the hospital delivered a baby boy inside a local train on Sunday.JAIPUR: Poverty and ignorance about medical facilities allegedly led a 22-year-old woman to throw her infant girl in a well in the outskirts of Mansarovar locality. Since the act of woman resulted in the death of the infant, the police has arrested the woman and were awaiting the post mortem report to decide if it was a murder.

According to the police, the infant was a pre-mature baby born in seven-and-a-half months and weighed just 2kg. On Wednesday, the cops were informed by Rajesh (24) that his missing infant daughter was found dead in a well.

“Preliminary investigations suggested that the infant had a kidney ailment since birth. The parents had taken her to various doctors in private nursing homes and had spent more than Rs 20,000 in the past two months since she was born,“ said a senior police officer at Mansarovar police station.

Police said that Rajesh is a daily labourer who earns Rs 200 to Rs 300 per day. “The circumstances guided us to suspect the infant's mother Seema,“ said Bala Ram, station house officer, Mansarovar police station. “When she was questioned, she told us that the family had not been able to even feed themselves and the infant properly due to the medical expenses. Frustrated by the situation, the woman threw her into the well late on Tuesday night,“ Bala Ram added.

Asked if the parents had any idea that they could avail free medical facilities in government hospitals, a senior officer, said, “They told us that they had no idea that medical facilities for infants at government hospitals like J K Lon hospital are free. Whatever are the circumstances, the woman would be treated as per law and a case would be registered against her for murder after the post mortem report.“

“We have checked the records of the nursing home which showed that the girl was terminally ill. Ignorance towards medical facilities in government hospitals and extreme poverty led her to take this step. Despite all that, she has to be booked under section 302(murder) of IPC,“ said an officer.

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